Super Glasses Could Help Blind People See

Eyeglasses are used to improve the vision of both nearsighted and farsighted people, but now, researchers at the University of Oxford are developing a pair that could help the blind see.

Assisted Vision glasses are worn just like any 

other pair of frames, but they use an OLED display and cameras to provide spatial information to users.

The OLED technology can show different colors and intensities of light to indicate an object's distance. It can also differentiate between objects that are moving and those that are still.

Assisted Vision also comes with a headphone and text-to-speech software, which helps users gather even more information. "This could give directions, read bus numbers or signs," according to the device's official website. 

Creators say the glasses could be especially useful for users with cataracts, age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, among other eye-related conditions.

For more, you can read the original article published on mashable.com by Kent Landerholm.

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